[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: "Effective" teaching methods

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

Good point. That might also explain why higher grad teachers are more
difficult to convince.  The elementary teachers have for the most part
not been successful, or don't think of themselves as successful in
learning science.  So when they see they can learn by guided inquiry it
makes a bigger impression than if they had been successful with the
traditional method.
Perhaps it would help to focus more on their misslearning...ie what flawed
models persisted inspite of their apparent, to them, success.

cheers,

joe

On Wed, 17 Nov
2004, RAUBER, JOEL wrote:

> | , and in so doing confront their own
> | flawed model of electric circuits and their own flawed model
> | of how it is that they learn.
>
> If I take the above statement literally, then there is a problem with
> getting university teachers into the new mode.  For most of them, the
> traditional model wasn't flawed, they successfully learned that way; so
> they won't be confronted with a flawed model of learning.
>
> You'll have to find another approach.  As pointed out, death and
> retirement are a traditional method.

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr.               574-284-4662
Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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